Re: [Bug report] includeIf config is not displayed in normal directories

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 03:24:28PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Stuart MacDonald <stuartm.coding@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > My old understanding of git clone:
> > - create sub-directory
> > - create subdir/.git and whatever initial states are needed
> > - clone the repo from origin into the directory
> > - all never having left $CWD
> >
> > It's actually:
> > - create sub-directory
> > - cd subdir
> > - create ./.git and initial states
> > - clone the repo _while inside_ a gitdir
> > - cd ..
> 
> I am not sure how the above two should make any difference with the
> [includeif "gitdir:<pattern>"] matching.  Regardless of where your
> $CWD is, the inclusion is decided on the location of the .git/
> directory we are dealing with, so as long as "subdir/.git" matches
> the pattern given to "gitdir:<pattern>" the inclusion should work
> the same way even if the internal implementation of "git clone"
> changes between the above two.

I think the question is just "are we in a repository as part of clone or
not". Stuart's original world-view was that we were not, as we were
creating a clone but not "entering" it. But that is not how it is
implemented (nor the conceptual model I think we would want to give the
user).

> IIRC "includeif" is a Peff's brainchild, so I'd ask him to correct
> any mistakes in the above paragraph,

The notion of conditional includes was my thing, but gitdir: was Duy's.
That said...

> but I am a bit puzzled as to
> what the true misunderstanding is, where the misunderstanding came
> from, and which documentation if any we should look into improving.

I think it might just be a case of mistaken assumptions. But I am
certainly open to hearing from Stuart if there are places in the
documentation that misled him (or could have led him better).

-Peff